桂林市位於廣西壯族自治區東北部，是桂東北地區的政治、經濟、文化、科技中心和西南區交通樞紐城市。自古就有著“桂林山水甲天下”的美譽，以山青、水秀、洞奇、石美而聞名天下，是國務院首批公佈的國家重點風景遊覽城市和歷史文化名城，是首批中國優秀旅遊城市，也是世界旅遊組織首推的中國主要旅遊目的地城市之一。

Guilin is located northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guangxi Northeast is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological center and transportation hub of Southwest City. Since ancient times, it has a "Semiotic" in the world to green mountains, hills, odd holes, the world famous stone beauty, the State Council released the first batch of national key scenic tour of the city and the historical and cultural city, is the first China Excellent Tourism city​​, but also the devaluation of the world Tourism Organization, China's major tourist destination cities.

桂林是一座文化古城。兩千多年的歷史，使它具有豐厚的文化底蘊。秦始皇統一思想國後，設置桂林郡，開鑿靈渠，溝通湘江和漓江。桂林從此便成為南通海域，北達中原的重鎮。宋代以後，它一直是廣西政治、經濟、文化的中心，號稱“西南會府”，直到新中國建立。在漫長的歲月裡，桂林的奇山秀水吸引著無數的文人墨客，使他們寫下了許多膾炙人口的詩篇和文章，刻下了兩千餘件石刻和壁書，另外，歷史還在這裡留下了許多古蹟遺址。這些獨特的人文景觀，使桂林得到了“遊山如讀史，看山如觀畫”的讚美。抗日戰爭時期，桂林成為中國著名的文化城，眾多的愛國作家、藝術家會集在這裡，譜寫出抗日文化的新篇章。悠久的歷史，為這塊古老而美麗的土地孕育了富饒的文化。

 Guilin is a cultural city. Two thousand years of history, it has a rich cultural heritage. Qin Shi Huang unified thinking country, set Guilin county, cut Lingqu, communication Xiangjiang and Lijiang. Guilin has become the Nantong area from the north of the Central Plains of the city. Song Dynasty, it has been Guangxi's political, economic and cultural center, known as "Southwest will be the government" until the establishment of new China. In the long years, Guilin Qishanxiushui attracted numerous men of letters, so they wrote many famous poems and articles, more than two thousand pieces of carved stone and the wall of books, in addition, history has also left here many monuments and sites. These unique cultural landscape, Guilin has been the "Mountain-like reading history, see the mountains, such as concept art" of praise. Anti-Japanese War, Guilin, a famous cultural city in China, many of the patriotic writers and artists gathered here to write a new chapter in Japanese culture. Long history of this ancient and beautiful land gave birth to a rich culture.

千百年來，桂林一直是人們旅遊觀光的寶地。現在，一個以桂林市為中心，包含周圍12個縣的風景區已經形成。這裡有浩瀚蒼翠的原始森林、雄奇險峻的峰巒幽谷、激流奔騰的溪泉瀑布、天下奇絕的高山梯田……在這一片神奇的土地上，生活著壯、瑤、苗、侗、仫佬、毛難等十多個少數民族。大桂林的自然風光、民族風情、歷史文化、深深地吸引著中外遊客以及國家元首紛至沓來，流連忘返。

 For thousands of years, Guilin tourism has been one of the treasure. Now, a center of Guilin, includes 12 counties around the scenic areas has been formed. There is vast green forests, magnificent steep valleys of mountainous, torrent Pentium Xiquan waterfalls, terraced mountains Wonderful world ... in which a magical land, live Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulam , hair is difficult and a dozen ethnic minorities. Guilin's natural scenery, ethnic customs, history and culture, and foreign tourists attracted by the Heads of State after another, away.